asthenia

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Clinical AEs that occurred at a higher incidence in the sitagliptin group and for which the 95 percent confidence intervals around the between-group difference excluded 0 were as follows: atrial fibrillation, asthenia, chest discomfort, tooth abscess, osteoarthritis, acne, and contact dermatitis.

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  • Abstract Cross-correlation, coherent, and factor analyses of the EEG were used to detect disturbances of spatial organization of brain bioelectric activity, with certain specific features determined by concomitant anxiety and asthenia syndromes in 20 patients with various clinical forms of neurotic depression. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In the group of patients with dominance of the depressive syndrome without marked symptoms of asthenia or anxiety, opposite changes in the anterior areas of the right and left hemispheres were found; the interregional relationships of the EEG of anterior areas of the right hemisphere were decreased as compared to the norm, while the normal level of systemic interaction of bioelectric potentials of the cortex of the left hemisphere was increased. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The data indicate that, in the case of neurotic depression, irrespective of concomitant anxiety and asthenia syndromes, there is transient inhibition of the functional activity of frontal regions along with an increased rigidity of systemic interactions of the posterior regions of the cortex of both hemispheres. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Common adverse events observed with Raptiva (R) include headache, infections (e.g., common cold), chills, pain, nausea, asthenia (weakness), and fever, which usually diminish after the initial doses. —  BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories
  • In adults experiencing partial onset seizures, the most common adverse reactions observed with Keppra (R) in combination with other AEDs were somnolence, asthenia, infection, and dizziness. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
 

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  1. New Latin, from Greek astheneia, from asthenēs, weak : a-, without; see a-1 + sthenos, strength; see segh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀσθένεια, weakness, from ἀσθενής, without strength, from - privative + σθένος, strength.
 

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/æsθɛˈnaɪə/
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